wedrifid comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 2 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: wedrifid 26 August 2010 11:54:39AM 2 points [-]

There are mind-altering spells. The clinic doctor can make you evil enough to cast the spell, and then do Finite Incantatem once the process is done.

Does that mean your backup copy will be of the evil you?

Comment author: Pavitra 26 August 2010 08:19:09PM 0 points [-]

Haha, good point. Still, this is all in the hypothetical false world that Harry should have inferred from the information available to him, in which Horcruxes grant undyingness rather than just making backups.